Primacy, recency, and suffix effects in auditory short-term memory for pure tones: Evidence from a probe recognition paradigm

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 206-219

  Mondor, Todd A ^a   Morin, Simone R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 6944227785     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087445     Document Type: Review

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